the assimilationists of the approach that you need to get rid of formal discrimination by the government that we will have a happy ending of the 1961 version of "the sneetches." the non conformists having two prong criticism. this is a fool's errand. no matter how much quality we get, the majority still view us as different and interior so this is a waste of time. then that it comes at too high a cost. erasing things that distinguish the gay community. conformance all the 1953 version of the story where they are equally toddy. they criticized the -- they tionists for point to the insecurity they have. what is interesting about the critique as it goes on is a concern by the non conformists that if same-sex marriages legalize, they will be marginalized because now nobody will fight for their rights. so what's interesting, they view the world as distinguished and between the good gays who are monogamous, marrand raise a family, and the bad queers who don't fit into that mold. there are two parts that are really telling about that. despite the image of being equally hoddy, the non conformist